Get ready for an unforgettable cycling adventure in the heart of the Scottish Highlands. Join #TeamMDUK for Etape Loch Ness 2027 and take on 66 miles of traffic-free roads around one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes.
What to expect
The Etape Loch Ness is the UK’s largest closed road cycle sportive, starting and finishing in Inverness and follows a 360 route around spectacular LochNess.
With stunning views across Loch Ness, spectacular Highland scenery and the freedom of fully closed roads, this is so much more than your average sportive. It is your chance to experience an incredible cycling challenge while raising vital funds to help change the future of muscle wasting conditions.
Now in its 13th year, the event is renowned for its stunning scenery, atmosphere, organisation and warm Highland welcome.
Whether you’re looking for your next big cycling challenge, an unforgettable weekend in Scotland or a brilliant reason to get back on your bike, Etape Loch Ness has all the ingredients for a truly memorable ride.
By joining us, you’ll get:
- A welcome pack to get you started
- Tailored fundraising support
- A branded MDUK cycling jersey
- Pre event support (training advice, full details of the route etc)
- Access to the MDUK Strava account where you can meet other cyclists taking part in the event
Sign up today
When you take on Etape Loch Ness for MDUK, you won’t just be completing an incredible personal challenge. You’ll be part of a team using every mile to make a difference. Sign up today and help change the future of muscle wasting conditions
How your money helps
For over 60 years we’ve provided life-changing support for people living with muscle wasting and weakening conditions, funded groundbreaking research and campaigned for people’s rights, access to treatments and better understanding of why muscles matter.
Hold free Information Days
for people who have been newly diagnosed with a muscle wasting or weakening condition
Train our peer support volunteers
to share their lived experience and help others
Fund vital research
into muscle wasting or weakening conditions
Our helpline
Answer someone’s call via our free helpline
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